[Latest Development]
My own voice: Thank you to the volunteers for helping him restart his life. He has now been properly resettled.
Recently, a blogger released a video saying that a man named Sun claimed to be a Chinese doctor studying in the United States and had been living on the streets of New York for 16 years. This triggered Hot discussion.
Video source: @王 Inspector on the New York Douyin account
On January 7, Mr. Wang, a local blogger who was the first to pay attention to the matter, uploaded a video saying that Dr. Sun had been properly accommodated. Dr. Sun, who freshened up and put on new clothes, also personally spoke in front of the camera: "I have experienced some life changes in recent years, which has put my life in trouble. I am very grateful to all the friends who care and help me. Pick yourself up again and start my new life."
According to Southern Metropolis Daily, alumni of the New York branch of the Fudan University Alumni Association established a help group on January 2. There are more than 200 people in the group, including many old classmates of Dr. Sun. The alumni association will make next steps to help plan based on his mental condition.
[My own narrative]
What has happened to a doctor studying in the United States who has been homeless for 16 years?
Sun Moumou’s self-report: Suffering a mental shock and living on the street
Recently, a blogger released a video saying that a man named Sun Moumou claimed to be a doctor studying in the United States from China. He has been living on the streets of New York for 16 years. In the video, Sun claims to be from Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province. He was admitted to the physics major of Fudan University in January 1985. After graduating from the bachelor's degree, he came to the United States for further study. After graduating from the master's and doctoral degrees, he also stayed at the school to study for a postdoctoral degree. Later, he suffered a mental shock due to divorce and other reasons, and ended up living on the street.
Video screenshot
Most of Sun’s hair in the video is already gray, his clothes are messy, and he has many missing teeth. He usually spends the night on the street, but during the conversation with the video shooter, Sun , the expression is clearer and able to communicate more fluently.
Sun Moumou mentioned that in 2007, he "arrived in Brooklyn from Chinatown. It has been 16 years now. For 16 years, he has been homeless and wandering." At the same time, he also revealed that he had mental problems, "I was confused by the fantasy of loneliness. I don't know whether it is real or fake now. (My mind is full of) hallucinations and fantasies." He also said that he has been in the United States for more than 30 years and has only returned to China once in 16 years.
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Alumni Association speaks out
Fudan University Alumni Association: Volunteer alumni regularly accompany him
html On January 5, Dr. Sun’s family has been informed of his current situation and his intention to return to China. On January 6, the relevant person in charge of the Fudan University American Alumni Association (New York) stated that local alumni volunteers in New York have met Dr. Sun, and now volunteer alumni regularly accompany him, and they are still discussing follow-up plans. Since Dr. Sun may not be a Chinese citizen, they have other details to consider.Relatives and friends: We are discussing how to help him
html On January 5, a relative of Sun Moumou told reporters that a lot of information about Sun Moumou on the Internet is "untrue". Relatives, friends and Fudan University alumni The two parties have communicated with each other and are discussing how to help them."He (Sun Moumou) stayed in our school for a year, and then went to Fudan Youth Class. In addition, it was many years ago, and the teachers at that time had retired early or were gone, so (the school) is not very popular now Understand his situation." The video pointed out that in 1985, Sun Moumou was selected into the "Fudan Youth Class" from Jiangyin Nanjing Middle School where he had just studied for less than a year. This was confirmed by relevant people from Nanjing Middle School. , saying that Sun Moumou was very smart at the time, because he had not been studying in the school for a long time, and he went to Fudan and then to the United States to study, so he had little contact with Nanjing Middle School, and in fact he had little contact with his family. "It's definitely not a good thing to have such an incident. (It may be) because of a high-spirited attitude, lack of experience in the world, and a setback. From all aspects, things still need to be looked at comprehensively."
His classmates: He used to have a cheerful personality.
html On January 5, Mr. Liu, who was in the same class with Sun Moumou in primary school and junior high school, told reporters that Sun Moumou used to have a cheerful personality and loved sports, and at that time he was particularly good at studying. , is a "myth" that has been circulated by school teachers for more than ten years. Mr. Liu himself did not expect that decades later he would see videos of his classmates living on the streets of the United States on the Internet, which made him feel very sad."I came from the From the videos I saw online, I recognized him the first time I saw him. "Mr. Liu, a citizen of Jiangyin, Jiangsu, told reporters that Sun was his classmate in primary school and junior high school, and their homes were less than 1 kilometer apart.
Mr. Liu said that Sun's academic performance was very good when he was in primary school and junior high school. Excellent, the full score in the high school entrance examination that year was 640 points, and Sun Moumou scored 628 points. "He had a good personality at the time, he was a bit outgoing, and he liked sports, especially high jump. After we graduated from junior high school in 1982, he was admitted to Nanjing Middle School, our local key high school in Jiangyin, and we never contacted him again. However, the story of his academic performance continued to be circulated in our school until the 1990s. Later, those who taught His teachers retired one after another, and the stories about him in the school gradually faded away. "
Mr. Liu said that their former classmates often contacted each other through WeChat and learned that Sun's mother was still alive and that Sun's brother worked locally in Jiangyin. "Sun should not have contacted his family for more than ten years. After that, before he lost contact with his family, he once said that he was doing confidential work abroad. Later, contact was lost. We all still thought that he was living a good life outside. But when I saw him in the video this time, I was shocked and sad. "
Mr. Zhai, a citizen of Jiangyin, told reporters that he and Sun XX attended the same junior high school, but he was two grades later than Sun XX. "At that time, he was called a legend in our school because he was very good at studying. Many people Teachers always talk about him. Recently, I saw a video of him wandering abroad. Our classmates will also discuss with each other to see if we can provide some help within our ability. After all, we are all from the same school. ”
Chinese Consulate General in New York: Whether you can return to the country depends on whether you have relevant documents.
The hotline staff of the Chinese Consulate General in New York introduced that if Dr. Sun has a U.S. citizen certificate, he can contact the relevant local government departments in the United States to handle return matters; If Dr. Sun has a Chinese citizen certificate, he can contact the Consulate General in New York directly; if Dr. Sun currently does not have a certificate, his family can contact the public security agency in his hometown or the alumni association volunteers to contact the Consulate General in New York and provide his personal information. Report the detailed situation to the relevant departments, and then seek solutions.
Sources: CCTV, Jimu News, Southern Metropolis Daily, The Paper, Inspector Wang on Douyin in New York
Editor Chang Jiang
Proofreading by Lu Qian
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